Broken English: Poetry and Partiality

by Heather McHugh

A leading American poet reclaims the realm of criticism in distinctive and impassioned readings of poems and other works of art.

"When I call poetry a form of partiality," writes Heather McHugh, "I mean its economies operate by powers of intimation: glimmering and glints, rather than exhaustible sums. It is a broken language from the beginning, brimming with non-words: all that white welled up to keep the line from surrendering to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819562726
• ISBN13: 9780819562722
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"